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STRANGLE KNOT

Purpose

This is a binding knot, for use in jobs as diverse as seizing a hose pipe to a water
source, holding a roll of carpet, or embellishing a presentation scroll.

Tying

Tie a double overhand knot and slide it over the object as shown (figure 1). Pull
as tight as required (figure 2). It will also hold together a coil of rope (figure 3)

so that it might be carried on the shoulder or slung diagonally across one’s chest.

Knot lore
In his book Om Knutar (1916) the Swedish knot expert Hjalmar Öhrvall

preferred this knot to the constrictor knot (pages 94–95) because its turns bedded
down more snugly together. In the March 1997 issue of Knotting Matters (the

quarterly magazine of the International Guild of Knot Tyers), a contributor
writing under the pen-name of Jack Fidspike confirmed:

The Bag, Sack or Miller’s knots Are rudimentary bindings, But often ropework
jobs need lots Of more elaborate windings. The aptly named Constrictor Will

cling and grip like glue, Sir! While the Strangle knot’s a stricture Some deem

neater—and no looser.